I also think during open beta it might be better to make the meta section more accessible (so people can report bugs and discuss the evolution of the site), and if it feels like we’re getting much discussion there, we have a fairly crisp moment in time (switch to lesswrong.com) where it makes sense to say “okay, now that we’re done with the beta we’re moving back to meta being more disincentivized.”
I also think during open beta it might be better to make the meta section more accessible (so people can report bugs and discuss the evolution of the site), and if it feels like we’re getting much discussion there, we have a fairly crisp moment in time (switch to lesswrong.com) where it makes sense to say “okay, now that we’re done with the beta we’re moving back to meta being more disincentivized.”